On the Fengtian Temple.

Lu Chang, the head of the household department, is reporting to Zhu Yuanzhang on the recent disaster relief situation in the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, now the relief of the victims in various parts of the Ming Dynasty has been gradually implemented."

"The imperial court's appropriation in Yangzhou has reached 200,000 taels, accommodating more than 100,000 people."

"Now all the work in Yangzhou has begun to be implemented one by one, and more than 100,000 acres of wasteland have been reclaimed, which is already one-tenth of the original fertile land in Yangzhou."

"By the end of this year, it is expected that one-fifth or more of the fertile land will be restored."

Lu Chang emphasized Yangzhou because Zhu Yuanzhang said that the recovery of Ming production began in Yangzhou.

In other words, Yangzhou is a model area advertised by Zhu Yuanzhang.

As long as Yangzhou is recovering in an orderly manner, it means that production across the country is gradually recovering.

If Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't been to Yiwu, then he would have felt that Yang Xian had done a really good job, and he could do this in less than three months.

Yang Xian can also be regarded as a capable minister.

But after seeing the prosperity of Shanghu County and the disaster relief in Yiwu County, Zhu Yuanzhang felt as if it was nothing.

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was silent, Lu Chang said again:

"Not only that, in order to encourage the people to work hard, Lord Yang even took the lead in cultivating the land desperately."

"In order to restore the fertile land as soon as possible, Lord Yang did not sleep for three days until he fainted from exhaustion."

"But that's it, Lord Yang is still shouting the slogan of cultivating the land, which makes the officials and people around him excited, so that production can be resumed in a short time."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was finally slightly moved, although Yang Xian's political achievements were average, but this desperate attitude, Zhu Yuanzhang was very appreciative.

Suddenly, Zhu Yuanzhang's mind remembered Li Jin who was drinking in the Qinglou.

Compared with Yang Xian, Li Jin is simply a bastard, and he is a heinous dog official.

One is tired and fainted in the ground, and the other is a warbler and a swallow in the green building, which is simply a world of difference.

Although Li Jin's political achievements are more prominent, Zhu Yuanzhang does not like Li Jin's work attitude.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered that Li Jin should have been on the way to Beijing, and asked out loud:

"How's the disaster relief in Yiwu?"

Lu Chang was stunned when he heard this, and he praised Yang Xian to the sky, but the emperor didn't say a word?

Instead, I asked about Yiwu, what does this mean?

"Yiwu is almost stable now, and Li Yushi is already on his way back to Beijing after handing over the disaster relief."

"It's just that this Li Yushi also served as the county magistrate of Shanghu County before, if Li Yushi returns to Beijing, will the post of county magistrate of Shanghu County be left unresolved?"

Lu Chang didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly reported what happened in Yiwu County to Zhu Yuanzhang.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he pondered for a moment and said:

"The location of Shanghu County is special, and let's think about it carefully, and wait for Li Yushi to enter Beijing."

Hearing that the topic was introduced to Li Jin by Zhu Yuanzhang, everyone's expressions were puzzled.

Li Jin? Who's this? How come you've never heard of it?

It seems that Zhu Yuanzhang has mentioned a little too many times these days? How could he suddenly be favored by Zhu Yuanzhang?

Among them, Hu Weiyong is good at figuring out the intentions, and Zhu Yuanzhang seems to attach great importance to this Shanghu County.

If there is a chance, Hu Weiyong feels that he should fight for the position of this county order.

Hu Weiyong is a member of the Huaixi Group, and he is also the first group of people to follow Zhu Yuanzhang.

It stands to reason that Hu Weiyong should have followed the Huaixi Group to soar a long time ago, but now he is only an official position with the fourth rank of Guanglu doctor.

At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang valued Hu Weiyong very much, and felt that he was smart and capable, and he was a capable general.

After Zhu Yuanzhang swept away Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, he planned to take King Xiao Ming to Ying Tiancheng, and handed over this task to Hu Weiyong.

As a result, King Xiao Ming was drowned halfway through, and this incident was naturally Hu Weiyong's masterpiece.

Hu Weiyong thought that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want King Xiao Ming to really go to Jinling alive, so he arranged for someone to deliberately scuttle King Xiaoming's boat on Taihu Lake.

The death of King Xiao Ming was created as an accident.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang's psychology is something that others can figure out, even if Hu Weiyong is right, Zhu Yuanzhang can't show it.

Hu Weiyong thought he was smart and thought that he could soar with this, but he was not promoted for five years.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Hu Weiyong was a fourth-grade official.

In the four years of Hongwu now, Hu Weiyong is still standing still and has not been promoted.

Hu Weiyong was not angry in his heart, and went to find his mentor Li Shanchang, but was directly scolded by Li Shanchang.

What are chicken ribs? It's a pity to discard it.

Hu Weiyong suddenly realized that this sentence was an allusion to Cao Cao and Yang Xiu.

Li Shanchang's meaning is already very clear, don't be smart, or you will be the next Yang Xiu.

Hu Weiyong has been in obscurity for four years.

Now, Hu Weiyong seems to see an opportunity again, and Shanghu County is his opportunity.

Although there are only eight grades in the county order of Shanghu County, as long as Jane is in the emperor's heart, even if it is a low rank, it will be quickly promoted by the emperor.

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Prime Minister's Office.

After the end of the early dynasty, Hu Weiyong personally went to Li Shanchang's mansion to visit his teacher.

In the past few years, although Hu Weiyong's talent is not obvious, he has never neglected Li Shanchang's relationship.

During the New Year's holidays, Hu Weiyong is definitely the one who is most active in meeting Li Shanchang.

Li Shanchang is also very appreciative of Hu Weiyong, smart and capable, and knows how to honor his teacher.

Although it seems to be declining now, Li Shanchang, who is familiar with Zhu Yuanzhang's character, knows that these are just Zhu Yuanzhang's tempering of Hu Weiyong.

"But Yong meets the teacher!"

When Hu Weiyong saw Li Shanchang, he directly paid homage to the teachers and students, giving Li Shanchang enough face.

After Li Shanchang helped Hu Weiyong up, he asked:

"You usually keep your head down, how come you have time to come to me today?"

Hu Weiyong laughed and said:

"I can't hide anything from my teacher, I don't know what my teacher thinks of Li Jin and Shanghu County?"

Li Shanchang glanced at Hu Weiyong, his eyes were full of appreciation.

He knew that he was a clever student, but he didn't expect that in this short period of time, he would be able to see the crux of the problem.

"I'm not familiar with Li Jin, but I heard that he is from Fengyang, and he is also from Huaixi."

"I've just gotten into Shanghu County, and I haven't started the investigation yet, are you interested in these?"

"Dissatisfied with the teacher, the student wants to ask for the position of the county magistrate of Huxian County, and ask the teacher to be fulfilled?"

Hu Weiyong didn't hide it, since he saw the opportunity, he had to go all out.

He decided that Shanghu County was not simple, and instead of being unknown in the court, it was better to go to Shanghu County to fight.

Li Shanchang stroked his beard lightly, glanced at Hu Weiyong seriously, nodded and said:

"Well, since you've made up your mind, I'll help you."

"Today, I will go to ask for a position that allows you to serve as the county magistrate of Shanghu County."